BALTHAZAR GETTY - BROTHERS + SISTERS RALLY BEHIND GETTY BUT SUGGEST TOUGH TIMES AHEAD

BROTHERS + SISTERS RALLY BEHIND GETTY BUT SUGGEST TOUGH TIMES AHEAD

BALTHAZAR GETTY's castmates on hit show BROTHERS + SISTERS are rallying round the actor amid reports he's set to be axed from the series following his SIENNA MILLER romance scandal.
Getty cheated on his wife with Miller after Brothers + Sisters co-star Matthew Rhys introduced the pair, and insiders claim the cast of the show were upset by their pal's infidelity.
The sources told U.S. tabloids that a rift between Getty and the rest of the Brothers + Sisters cast has grown in recent weeks - and producers were considering axing Getty as a regular.
The actor revealed he was unaware of such plans in a recent TV Guide, and stressed he and his Brothers + Sisters castmates were like "family", and now Rhys and TV sister Rachel Griffiths have stepped up to defend Getty.
Rhys says, "No one would want him completely gone. We've all established ourselves as a family on the show, and I hope we continue to do so."
And Griffiths adds, "We're a family. We'll get through it. And all I can say is we love him very dearly."
But Rhys tells Eonline.com that Getty and his character Tommy Walker could be in for a difficult few months: "I think the show is going through a slight transition period. How much we'll see him (Getty) next season, I don't know."
Eonline.com reports Getty will be phased out of the series before the current season ends.